The Office of Propaganda, er, Strategic Influence is dead before it started.

Apparently, the Egyptian student who was accused of owning an airband transceiver in a hotel near the WTC ended up in jail as a result of a lying hotel security guard. McCarthyism and Japanese internment camps. More than ugly history? Good-bye civil liberties...

To the young woman on the 4 train yesterday evening, I salute your generosity. You offered your seat to an elderly gentleman then gave it to another elderly man shortly afterwards. I felt like a wuss for not giving you my seat immediately.

Sneaky... Expedia doesn't always show the lowest price vendor on car rentals. Looks like they have some sort of preferred vendor agreement as I had to dig around to find the cheapest rate for a weekly rental from Alamo. So despite their insanely annoying ads, Orbitz may be worth another look.